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Musa Otieno Ngayo
Researcher at Kenya Medical Research Institute
Publications - 32
Citations - 754
Musa Otieno Ngayo is an academic researcher from Kenya Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications receiving 651 citations. Previous affiliations of Musa Otieno Ngayo include Kenyatta University & International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology.
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Bacterial vaginosis associated with increased risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort analysis among African couples.
Craig R. Cohen,Jairam R. Lingappa,Jared M. Baeten,Musa Otieno Ngayo,Carol A. Spiegel,Ting Hong,Deborah Donnell,Connie Celum,Saidi Kapiga,Sinead Delany,Elizabeth A. Bukusi +10 more
TL;DR: In a prospective study, Craig Cohen and colleagues investigate the association between bacterial vaginosis and the risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission.
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Detection of trypanosomes in small ruminants and pigs in western Kenya: important reservoirs in the epidemiology of sleeping sickness?
Musa Otieno Ngayo,Musa Otieno Ngayo,Z.K. Njiru,Eucharia U. Kenya,Geoffrey M. Muluvi,Ellie O. Osir,Daniel K. Masiga,Daniel K. Masiga +7 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that sheep, goats and pigs, which are kept alongside cattle, may harbour human-infective trypanosomes, and are therefore important in the transmission cycle.
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Examination of a second region of the HIV type 1 genome reveals additional cases of superinfection.
TL;DR: The results suggest that studies that examine only small genome regions may lead to underestimates of the risk of superinfection, highlighting the need for more extensive studies examining multiple regions of the HIV-1 genome.
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Prevalence and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections in a high-risk occupational group: the case of fishermen along Lake Victoria in Kisumu, Kenya.
Zachary Kwena,Elizabeth A. Bukusi,Musa Otieno Ngayo,Anne L. Buffardi,Rosemary Nguti,Barbra A. Richardson,Norton Sang,King K. Holmes +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study surveyed 250 fishermen from beaches in Kisumu District using proportional-to-size sampling based on the number of registered boats per beach.
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Transactional sex in the fishing communities along Lake Victoria, Kenya: a catalyst for the spread of HIV
TL;DR: By engaging in a web of these relationships, conducted in contexts that compromise their ability to practice safer sex, men and women in these fishing communities are at increased risk of HIV.